2017 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	298.3	100.0	84.4	69.3	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	228.5	70.0	78.7	64.7	66.8
3	University College London University College London United Kingdom	227.5	68.8	76.7	80.9	65.9
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	222.3	60.4	86.5	65.6	62.3
5	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	214.2	61.2	81.7	58.9	59.6
6	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	211.8	65.3	72.8	74.6	58.8
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	210.9	54.2	88.6	63.4	55.4
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	208.0	56.8	79.8	82.6	54.8
9	Yale University Yale University United States	203.0	53.9	83.0	64.0	53.3
10	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	200.8	57.1	78.0	60.3	53.6
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	200.1	54.8	80.2	65.2	52.0
12	Columbia University Columbia University United States	199.7	52.0	84.4	63.2	50.6
13	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	198.8	47.9	89.4	58.3	49.8
14	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	198.2	40.4	100.0	68.5	44.0
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	197.8	55.3	79.1	62.3	50.9
16	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	195.8	54.3	73.5	75.2	53.0
17	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	194.7	57.3	74.4	55.7	51.9
18	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	193.9	52.7	76.2	76.8	49.5
19	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	192.8	54.4	73.2	83.5	48.4
20	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	190.0	49.6	76.0	81.3	48.2
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	189.9	46.4	80.2	81.0	47.1
22	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	189.2	47.1	78.9	81.4	46.9
23	McGill University McGill University Canada	189.1	50.9	73.5	76.8	49.4
24	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	187.7	50.5	76.5	73.4	46.0
25	Emory University Emory University United States	187.3	50.3	77.8	58.4	47.5
26	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	187.0	52.2	76.0	55.0	47.8
27	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	186.2	46.7	78.7	83.3	44.1
28	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin Germany	186.0	52.1	71.8	72.8	47.6
29	Duke University Duke University United States	183.7	49.3	76.9	61.0	45.2
30	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin Germany	183.5	50.9	71.8	72.5	46.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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